Animal crate



April 12, 193.

O. R. F'ETERSON mmm ANIMAL CRATE Filed May 19, 1936 "I in Q) r PatentedApr. 12, 1938 2,ll3,74l

ANIMAL CRATE I Oscar R. Peterson, Low Moor, Iowa- Application May 19,1%6, Serial No. 80,526

Mounted on the frame member E3 adjacent the lever i and in position forproper Cooperation 'is a notched ratchet bar W.

Pivoted to the upper part of the lever E8 is a ostre star 4 Claims.

My invention relates to a Crate tobe used for the convenient handling ofanimals, particularly hogs.

More particularly, it is my object to provide a Crate which isespecially adapted for holding hogs swinging pawl 2d. A spring 2 securedto the 5 for ringing them and may be used for other Work pawl 2B and tothe lever it yieldingly holds the by veterinarians. pawl Zilinengagement with the rack bar.

Especially it is my purpose to provide a Crate In the particular formillustrated, the pawl in which a hog may be held at the neck,` andextends to the right Vfrom the lever l and has which crate also hasmeans for holding the snout a short portion 23a extending to the left,where 10 of the animal for convenience in ringing it.) it can beccnveniently engaged for manipulating Another purpose is to provide sucha Crate havthe pawl. 4 ing neck holding means and shout holding means Alink 22 is pivoted to the lower end of the adapted to be simultaneouslyactuated. lever l and to the upper part of the ne'ck clamp With theseand other objects in view, my inbar lt. Another link 23 is pivoted tothe upper Vention consists in the construction, arrangepart of the leverE8 and to the upwardly proment and combination of the various parts ofjectihg end of the neck clamp bar E5. my animal Crate, whereby theobjects contem- It will be clear that by releasing the pawl plated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set and swinging the handle ,ma ofthe lever |8 forth, pointed out in my Claims7 and illustrated laterally,the neck clamp bars Mi and E5 may be 20 in the accompanying drawing, inwhich: moved-simultaneously'toward each other or apart Figure 1 is aperspective view of an animal for gripping the neck of a hog orreleasing the Crate embodyng my invention. animal.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same; and Projecting OrWMdlY fromthe bars E53 and l Figure 3 is a top or plan view of the Crate. justbelow the necl engaglng portions IG and ll 25 Generally speaking, myCrate has two sides A are posts 20;. and 25. Projecting forwardly fromand B, and a front C, and I preferably provide the bars lit and E5 abovethe portons it and H it with a floor D. are similar posts Zi and 21. Theposts 2d and 26 The rear side may be provided with a gate if arepref-erably connected by a brace 28 and the desired or may be set at agate or door. v posts 25 and 21 are preferably connected by a 30 Theside A near the front has a vertically slidbrace 29. ing door lfi. Alower pair of clamping jaws 39 are pivoted The parts just descrbed maybe of such matetogether at 36 and have the Operating arms 33 rial andstructure as may be desired. pivoted to the respective posts 25s and 25in such The front C may have the laterally spaced upmanner that when thebars ll and E5 lare swung 35 rights toward each other, the jaws 39 moveupwardly In the particular form of structure disclosed and toward eachother. here, I provide at the bottom of the members H A somewhat similarpair of clamping jaws 32 on the opposite sides thereof the transversememare pivoted together at tli and have the arms bers 12. 35 pivoted tothe posts 26 and 21 in such manna-r 40 At the top, I provide thetransverse members that when the bars l anol E5 are swung toward 13 onopposite sides of the members Il and proeach other, the clamping jaws 32move downjecting beyond the left-hand member li as shown. wardly towardthe jaws Sil and also move toward Pivotally mounted between the members112 are each other. the lower ends of the neck clamp bars M and The jawato and 32 are the snout clamping 15. The upper ends of the neck Clampbars M ja-WS. since they are carried. by the bars M and and |5 arearra'nged to Slide between the mem' E5, it is obvious that operation ofthe neck clamp' beTS |3 and the member '5 Projects above the barseffects the operation of the snout clamping members 13. The adjacentedges of themembers jaws' Hi and I have parts cut out as at l and HOperation to receive and grip the neck of a hog.

Pivoted between the leftward projecting por- In using my Crate, the doorl 1s lowered. The tions of the members |3 is a lever iii, which proopenend of the Crate is set at the gate of the jects both below and abovethe members iii and pen or at a door of a room, and a hOg IS dr1ven fromthe pen or room into the Crate. The hog has at its upper end the handlela.

can be crowded forwardly until it sticks its neck between the bars l 4and 15, wh'ereupon the operator quickly swings the handle l 8a to theleft from its position shown in Figure 1. This movement tends to swingthe upper ends of the bars l4 and Hi toward each other, and to causethem to grip the neck-of the hog.

At the same time, the jaws 30 and 32 are moved toward each other and therespective jaws 30 are moved toward each other and the respective jaws32 toward each other for grpping the snout of the hog.

The parts will then have been moved from their` positions shown inFigure 1 to their positions shown in Figure 2. The ring can then beinserted in the hog's nose, the clamping bars of the snout jawsreleased, the door ID raised and the hog driven out of the crate.

A crate of this kind has a good many advantages. It can be convenientlyand easily moved from place to place, and thus put wherever it isdesired to do the work with the animals.

The hog can easily be driven into the crate. The bars M and 15 may beset in the beginning, so that the particular hog can not squeeze outthrough the front of the crate. When the neck and the snout of the hogare gripped by the operative mechanisml, the ringing operation can bedone, and it is obvious that other Operations may be performed on thehog, for instance, the hog may be inoculated and so on.

I do not desire to limit myself to the exact structure here shown, andit is my purpose to cover by my claims any modifications of theparticular parts and arrangement thereof here illustrated, which may bereasonably included within the scope of my invention and of my claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. An animal crate having at one end pivoted neck engaging bars, membersprojecting forwardly from the bars, snout engaging jaws pivoted togetherand having arms pivoted to a pair of such members below the pivot of thejaws, and a second pair of snout engaging jaws pivoted together, havingarms pivoted to another pair of said members above the pivot of thelast-named pair of JaWS.

2. An animal crate having at one end movable neck engaging bars andhaving at the same end movable snout engaging jaws, means foroperatively connecting the snout engaging jaws with the bars, wherebywhen the bars are actuated for gripping the neck of an animal from thesides, the jaws are actuated for gripping the snout from above andbelow.

3. An animal crate having at one end a pair of hinged neck clampingbars, movable snout engaging jaws, and means connecting said neckclamping bars and snout engaging jaws to make them simultaneouslyrelatively movable for engaging the neck and snout of an animal.

4. An animal crate having at one end movable neck engaging bars andhaving at the same end. snout engaging jaws arranged for movementrelative to each other and relative to the movement of the neck engagingbars, the bars and jaws being operatively connected, whereby actuationof the bars for gripping the neck of an animal effects relatively this.movement of the jaws for gripping the snout of the animal.

OSCAR R. PETERSON.

